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Jesus Tapdancing Christ at the box queue o_O
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 5/16/2007 3:05:59 AM | message detail |
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Poor Ceej, I hope he isn't stuck with ~500 of those things a day. My goodness. ~*ST*~ --- 2/4/2007 - SUPER BOWL CHAMPION COLTS!! Now Playing: Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy 3, Guitar Hero 2, Castlevania: Lament of the Innocence |
| LethalLink99 | Posted 5/16/2007 3:25:02 AM | message detail |
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I would suspect that everyone is just excited about contributing a new,
easy type of submission to GameFAQs. It will die down eventually,
although yes, CJayC is going to be one busy man with all of the box art
submissions on top of all the other things he's got to review and post. --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=575580 Thinking will get you killed here. |
| TripleJumpMB | Posted 5/16/2007 3:56:26 AM | message detail |
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Look on the bright side. The site will probably be updated more often now :) --- http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/38449.html |
| odino | Posted 5/16/2007 4:18:35 AM | message detail |
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I wouldn't be surprised at all if it reaches 1k by the time he wakes up. Then again, there is no real need to clear that queue daily. Anyone submitting a picture will see if there is something for that game in the queue already thus there shouldn't be any duplicate entries. |
| Karpah | Posted 5/16/2007 4:39:45 AM | message detail |
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unless things have changed since I submitted something, you can't see what's in the queue...? --- Tell me that past times wont die, tell me that old lies are alive... o.O Push button to turn on. Play with button to drive wild... |
| odino | Posted 5/16/2007 5:10:31 AM | message detail |
| When you click on the region you want to submit an image for, there is a short message if there already is a thumbnail. In that case, only a high quality image will be accepted. Now if there is another submission for this region in the queue already, it will also state that along with "only one will be accepted". |
| Starion | Posted 5/16/2007 5:12:58 AM | message detail |
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I wonder what Cjay will do if a game actually has more than one legitimate (and different) front cover? --- 100% Frog Log Quest: Current Progress- 400 of 627 Completed: Jaster, Kisala, Deego |
| Shotgunnova | Posted 5/16/2007 5:25:10 AM | message detail |
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It's at 880 right now. Rivalin' an after-Christmas haul at this point. =p --- Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame |
| Karpah | Posted 5/16/2007 5:41:13 AM | message detail |
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Ahh, very nice. Thanks for clearing that up odino :) --- Tell me that past times wont die, tell me that old lies are alive... o.O Push button to turn on. Play with button to drive wild... |
| odino | Posted 5/16/2007 5:41:15 AM | message detail |
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It will happen, with EU releases for example. But I've also seen this: http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/image/926670.html |
| Blueberry Buttface | Posted 5/16/2007 6:40:44 AM | message detail |
| What about the older games where box art will be
somewhat/very difficult to obtain? (e.g. NES games, Genesis games,
Gameboy games, etc.) --- _,.,:;~'`'{.,::[\\=THE ONLY SB=//]::,.}'`'~;:,.,_ `'`':;-;,._:;`'`';:_.;~ArkticNight~;._:;'`'`;:_.,;-;:'`'` |
| jelly soup | Posted 5/16/2007 6:52:27 AM | message detail |
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^^^ Look to the internet. --- The more you learn, man, the less you know." - Pascal, AC:WW Super Mario Wiki - www.mariowiki.com |
| Starion | Posted 5/16/2007 8:41:53 AM | message detail |
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Say, should we submit the images as BMPs and let him do the resizing or should we do that ourselves and send it as a JPG? --- 100% Frog Log Quest: Current Progress- 400 of 627 Completed: Jaster, Kisala, Deego |
| Crazyreyn | Posted 5/16/2007 12:57:54 PM | message detail |
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Box Images 1073 And to think I was gonna send loads today. Might wait a bit... I'll see. --- 51/75 Full Circle | Y.T.W.S.R. | FCB History - http://www.crazyreyn.com/fcbhistory/ |
| odino | Posted 5/16/2007 2:17:10 PM | message detail |
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Say, should we submit the images as BMPs and let him do the resizing or should we do that ourselves and send it as a JPG? Not sure about this, but I can tell you I sent a .gif once and it was converted to a .jpg by the site so I guess they will do the same for a bmp. If your image is wider than 640 it will most likely also be resized for you. But personally I try to get this done well before submitting simply to make it easier for CJay ;) |
| jelly soup | Posted 5/16/2007 5:00:45 PM | message detail |
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SO. Should I aim for an image that is 640px (seeing as that's the limit)? --- The more you learn, man, the less you know." - Pascal, AC:WW Super Mario Wiki - www.mariowiki.com |
| odino | Posted 5/16/2007 5:14:33 PM | message detail |
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I doesn't matter, it will be reduced later if it is too big. What about the older games where box art will be somewhat/very difficult to obtain? (e.g. NES games... If you don't have the game boxes yourself, which would obviously be best, then go search for them ;) NA games are generally easy, large size Famicom/GB games will be long quest. But why not leave it to the people who actually have the games, it seems plenty of people want to contribute. |
| StarFighters76 | Posted 5/16/2007 5:16:51 PM | message detail |
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Say, should we submit the images as BMPs and let him do the resizing or should we do that ourselves and send it as a JPG? To be safe, I'd say just follow the rules for sending in maps. --- If it's meant to be, then it's not meant for me. If it's not meant to be, then it's meant for me. |
| Crazyreyn | Posted 5/16/2007 6:49:28 PM | message detail |
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Just scanned some of mine in; just a few Pro Evo ones. See how they get on. I can see this being my new past time, box art is awesome. >_> --- 51/75 Full Circle | Y.T.W.S.R. | FCB History - http://www.crazyreyn.com/fcbhistory/ |
| UltimaterializerX | Posted 5/16/2007 8:08:19 PM | message detail |
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I'd send them in as JPEGs. ~*ST*~ --- 2/4/2007 - SUPER BOWL CHAMPION COLTS!! Now Playing: Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy 3, Guitar Hero 2, Castlevania: Lament of the Innocence |
| Blueberry Buttface | Posted 5/17/2007 12:39:49 AM | message detail |
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"But why not leave it to the people who actually have the games, it seems plenty of people want to contribute." Oh I have plenty of the games. What I meant was, as any gamer with older-generation games can attest to, the boxes for many older games were not sold with the games unless the games were bought new, usually that is. As jelly soup suggested, though, the internet would probably have box art of them somewhere. --- _,.,:;~'`'{.,::[\\=THE ONLY SB=//]::,.}'`'~;:,.,_ `'`':;-;,._:;`'`';:_.;~ArkticNight~;._:;'`'`;:_.,;-;:'`'` |
| Blueberry Buttface | Posted 5/17/2007 12:43:34 AM | message detail |
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An alternative to the box art, at least for most NES games, would be
the picture on the cartridge. As far as I know, the majority of NES
cartridges have the same picture on them that's on the front box cover. It wouldn't be as if an actual picture of the box art couldn't later be submitted, of course. --- _,.,:;~'`'{.,::[\\=THE ONLY SB=//]::,.}'`'~;:,.,_ `'`':;-;,._:;`'`';:_.;~ArkticNight~;._:;'`'`;:_.,;-;:'`'` |
| odino | Posted 5/17/2007 1:28:08 AM | message detail |
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CJay actually cleared the entire queue, I bet in total i was well over 1,500 images. You're right about the old games, and I think plenty of my boxes are nowhere near mint condition. I've seen some crappy scans already though, so it might not matter too much. |
| Crazyreyn | Posted 5/17/2007 1:53:20 AM | message detail |
| I've sent in plenty of scans, some have marks and
all, they got accepted. As long as they are pretty clear they should
get accepted it seems. As long as there are no massive stickers or
tears, anyway. Give it a shot. And you gotta assume that 1500 are sets of two (at least) so that's 750 games. Although that is still quite a lot. ;) --- 51/75 Full Circle | Y.T.W.S.R. | FCB History - http://www.crazyreyn.com/fcbhistory/ |
| LethalLink99 | Posted 5/17/2007 1:53:57 AM | message detail |
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He wasn't kidding when he said he really wanted box art up, was he? o_O --- http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=575580 Thinking will get you killed here. |
| jelly soup | Posted 5/17/2007 5:28:45 AM | message detail |
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Simply, I could upload a huge image and it should be fine as long as it's clear, yes? --- The more you learn, man, the less you know." - Pascal, AC:WW Super Mario Wiki - www.mariowiki.com |
| Starion | Posted 5/17/2007 8:31:09 AM | message detail |
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Hmm, the ones with reflective surfaces, words, or logos are annoying to scan. They don't show up correctly. --- 100% Frog Log Quest: Current Progress- 400 of 627 Completed: Jaster, Kisala, Deego |
| PapaGamer | Posted 5/17/2007 2:08:19 PM | message detail |
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Personally, I prefer scaling and converting to JPG myself before
submission. That way I'm sure of the quality of the image. I don't know
what tools CJ uses to batch resize/convert, but it may or may not do a
decent job. --- www.papagamer.com Own the game |
| CNash | Posted 5/23/2007 7:16:40 PM | message detail |
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I've scanned and converted to JPG, but haven't resized. My feeling is
that whatever tools CJayC has are going to be better than mine (I'm no
Photoshopper), and so sending the original, unchanged file will be
better for preserving the quality of the image than were I to mess
around with it. --- And the Lord said unto John, "Come forth and receive eternal life." But John came fifth and won a toaster. |
| warfreak | Posted 5/23/2007 9:51:05 PM | message detail |
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holy moly, nearly 3000 images --- Marge: Homer, the plant called. They said if you don't show up tomorrow don't bother showing up on Monday. Homer: Woo-hoo. Four-day weekend. - The Simpsons |
| PeTeRL90 | Posted 5/24/2007 12:11:40 AM | message detail |
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Oddly enough, I submitted a box image a few hours ago and it was accepted already. I thought I'd have to wait a couple of days. --- Total Files/Complete FAQs: 45/32 http://club.ign.com/b/list/custom?&lid=100018&owner=PeTeRL90&mode=vown |
